Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery
Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery, East End Road N2
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1359115
- Date first listed:
- 26-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery
- Statutory Address:
- Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery, East End Road N2
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1359115
- Date first listed:
- 26-Sept-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery
- Statutory Address 1:
- Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery, East End Road N2
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery, East End Road N2
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Barnet (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 25806 89729
Details
TQ 2589
22/3
EAST END ROAD, N2 (east side)
Crematorium and Chapel, St Marylebone Cemetery
GV
II
Crematorium and chapel, 1937, by Edwin Cooper for Borough of St Marylebone. English band red brick with tile and limestone dressings and stone coursing beneath eaves; hipped pantile roof.
Plan of chapel surrounded by offices, to north of cloisters, surrounding quadrangle. Italianate style. Chapel has stepped stone architraves to semi-circular arched windows of three-bay east and west windows and round north window; chapel is surrounded by lean-to roofs over low offices and north entrance loggia, having square-headed classical stone architraves to doorways and tile surrounds to square-headed windows to east and west and loggia with tile and brick piers and semi-circular arched entry; stone semi-circular arch with tile tympanum over panelled double doors set in square-headed classical stone architraves, flanked by urns set in stone bowls. Chimney is set within four-stage south east tower with neo-classical urns to stone parapet surmounted by octagonal upper stage with iron grilles to openings and stone coursing to top. Cloisters surrounding Garden of Rest to rear have stone bowls set in walls, and stone steps to square-headed west doorway flanked by three-bay open screens with Doric columns; inner quadrangle has Doric columns to cloister walks, which have hipped porches with semi-circular arched doorways to centre of each elevation.
Interior: in red brick, with pedimented and square-headed classical doorways. Three domes to ceiling of chapel, which has shields bearing arms of St Marylebone to walls; marble catafalque with ornamental bronze doors; inverted torch over doorway to Garden of Rest. One of Edwin Cooper's last commissions; his ashes lie here.
(The Builder,14.1.1938, pp 61-6).
Listing NGR: TQ2580689729
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 199241
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
The Builder in 14 January, (1938), 61-6
Other
Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in England, Part 17 Greater London
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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